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tailgatings

tailgatings is the plural of tailgating.

Meaning of tailgating

Noun

tailgating (usually uncountable, plural tailgatings)

  1. (usually) The act of driving dangerously close behind another vehicle.
  2. (usually) A tailgate party (social event held on and around the open tailgate of a vehicle)
    • On his first encounter with tailgating in 2006, he was flabbergasted at the way rival fans mixed peaceably together at the parties. A Chicago Bears fan, he was warmly welcomed into a group of Arizona Cardinals fans and fed. "I was shocked and slightly worried. I thought they were going to poison...2014 August 16, BBC News, Why have tailgate parties not spread to the UK?
  3. (usually) The act of inappropriately gaining entry into a restricted area, past a checkpoint, by tagging along behind another person who is authorized.
    Synonyms:
    piggybacking
  4. (usually) Synonym of front running.
    Synonyms:
    front running

Questions about tailgatings

What is tailgatings the plural of?
Tailgatings is the plural of tailgating.

Words near tailgatings in the dictionary

  1. tailgated
  2. tailgater
  3. tailgaters
  4. tailgates
  5. tailgating
  6. tailgatings
  7. tailgrab
  8. tailgrabs
  9. tailgroup
  10. tailgroups
  11. tailgunner

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tailgatings (page history and authors); tailgating (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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